UN General Assembly adopts its first resolution on safe, secure and trustworthy AI
Concerns UN General Assembly resolution 78/265 on safe, secure and trustworthy AI
What changed?
Resolution A/RES/78/265, adopted by consensus with more than 120 co-sponsors, encourages states to promote trustworthy AI for sustainable development and to develop governance frameworks.
What does it mean in practice?
Non-binding, but it anchors AI governance in the UN system and led to the 2025 scientific panel and global dialogue.
Official source
A/RES/78/265United Nations General Assembly · 21 Mar 2024
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AIPolicyTracker (2026). “UN General Assembly adopts its first resolution on safe, secure and trustworthy AI”. https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2024-03-21-un-general-assembly-ai-resolution (accessed 27 September 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.
Cite the official text alongside it: A/RES/78/265, United Nations General Assembly, https://docs.un.org/en/A/RES/78/265.
Related changes
ISO/IEC 42001, the first AI management-system standard, is published
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G7 leaders publish the Hiroshima Process code of conduct for advanced AI developers
UNESCO member states adopt the Recommendation on the Ethics of AI
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